Given Circumstances
“Just the facts.” That’s what the detective, Sergeant Friday, used to say on the television show Dragnet. He didn’t want …Read the Rest
Tag Archives: Acting Technique
The Illusion of the First Time
One of an actor’s jobs is making lines, written by someone else and rehearsed over and over, sound like they …Read the Rest
Build Me Up Buttercup
Whenever I hear the song Build Me Up Buttercup, I get a smile on my face. That’s because I have …Read the Rest
More on Staged Readings
Last week we talked about acting in a staged reading and how essential it is for actors to listen to, …Read the Rest
Acting in a Staged Reading
This week I had the pleasure of directing a staged reading of the play Class by Charles Evered. I was …Read the Rest
Putting it Together in A Thousand Cuts
A Thousand Cuts, a full-length feature movie I co-wrote with director Charles Evered and Marty James, just had its premiere …Read the Rest
An Actor’s Tears
Welcome you back to Notes on Acting. I hope you enjoy the new site and that you share these …Read the Rest
Encore: Act On Act Off
For the next few weeks while I’m updating the Actingis.com website I will be posting encore podcasts. For those …Read the Rest
You Gotta Start Somewhere
We all come from somewhere. So when you enter the stage or into the frame you are coming from …Read the Rest
Acting is Whatever Works
Acting is whatever works. It doesn’t matter if you work from the inside out or the outside in. …Read the Rest
I Want, She Wants
One of Stanislavksi’s most basic ideas about acting is that everything a character does in the course of a …Read the Rest
Topography of a Script
Sometimes a script seems impenetrable and the greatest challenge for the actor is finding a way in. While there …Read the Rest